Cheltenham: Day to remember as Irish legends conquer festival

Alexander the Great was said to have wept because there were no more worlds for him to conquer, but don’t hold your breath for tears from Willie Mullins or Ruby Walsh just yet.

This pair of trainer and jockey had already managed many a marvellous feat at the Cheltenham festival, but yesterday they threatened to perform feats which stand securely alongside any seen in the long history of jumps racing here in the Cotswolds.

Every year the pair turn up with glorious pasts to bolster them and hang around their necks like weights. It has no effect, except to push them towards ever greater heights.